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“Infinity” is Disney’s take on Skylanders

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 17 Jan

Disney finally lifted the veil off of their mysterious “Infinity” project this week, and to no one’s surprise, Disney Infinity is a product that seems poised to make the media giant millions of dollars.

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Pandora’s Tower finally coming to America courtesy of XSeed

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii, Wii U On: 16 Jan

Don’t trade in that Wii just yet: XSeed announced today that the last of the “Operation Rainfall trilogy,” Pandora’s Tower, will finally be released on North American shores this Spring.

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Earthbound creator hints at new developments for the series

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, Wii On: 21 Dec

The Earthbound/Mother series is (at least among a certain hardcore contingent) one of Nintendo’s most beloved franchises, but new releases in the series have been few and far between. Thankfully, we may be seeing more of the series soon, as Earthbound’s creator and popular Japanese author Shigesato Itoi dropped a few hints on his Twitter [...]

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Nintendo & Capcom had the best-selling games in Japan for 2012

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, Playstation 3, PSP / Vita, Wii, Xbox 360 On: 18 Dec

Japanese company Tsutaya has compiled a list of the 19 games that sold the most copies in Japan during 2012, and unsurprisingly, Nintendo and Capcom dominate the chart thanks to strong sales of the latest Pokemon, Resident Evil, and Monster Hunter games.

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November NPD: Call of Duty, Halo, and the Xbox 360 top the charts

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 07 Dec

NPD sales date for the month of November has just been released, and there’s no surprises this month: Call of Duty Black Ops 2 and Halo 4 predictably dominated software sales, while Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was once again the best selling console of the month.

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Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony celebrate strong holiday sales

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 29 Nov

The busiest week in retail has come and gone, and now that the sales are over and the crowds have dispersed, the big 3 console manufacturers have already started their yearly pissing contest to see who “won” Black Friday.

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ZombiU Multiplayer Uses Touch Screen Technology The Right Way

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Gaming News, Wii On:

I have to admit that I don’t use smartphones and tablets for gaming. I’ve been a gamer all my life which means I’m more than willing to set aside some time to play on the PC or on a console. Perhaps if one day there’s a game I really want to play on one of [...]

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[Update] “Wii Mini” redesigned console leaked by Best Buy, hits stores next week

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii On: 27 Nov

Best Buy’s latest weekly ad has revealed the existence of the Wii Mini, a new, substantially smaller redesign of the original (already tiny) Wii, which will apparently hit store shelves next week on Friday, December 7th.

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Original Donkey Kong Country games pulled off of European Virtual Console

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii On: 17 Nov

New releases for the the original Wii e-shop dried up a few years ago, so it’s easy to forget that yes, you can download games to your Wii. But hey, the Wii still has one of its best and most underrated features: the Virtual Console selection of retro downloads! Unfortunately, it seems like 3 of [...]

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October NPD: Sales decline but industry remains hopeful for holiday season

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 On: 11 Nov

Overall sales across the entire games industry has been slowly declining throughout 2012, but game companies everywhere remain hopeful that the predicted strong holiday season will propel them to end the year on a high note.

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Court orders Silicon Knights to destroy all unsold copies of Too Human, X-Men Destiny

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 On:

Silicon Knights’ (apparently frivilous) lawsuit against Epic continues to backfire on them, as the US court presiding over the case has ruled that Silicon Knights has to destroy all remaining unsold copies of Unreal engine powered games like Too Human and X-Men Legends.

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Nintendo explains how the Wii U online network & accounts will work

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii On: 07 Nov

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata hosted another one of the company’s regular Nintendo Direct broadcasts in Japan last night, and this time Iwata explained how the Wii U’s online network and account system would work.

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